The Many Lives of Corruption. The Reform of Public Life in Modern Britain, c. 1750-1950, Hardback - ***

This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the...

Leading scholars combine theory and case studies to reveal how elite corporations are increasingly influencing how public education provision and s...

Defines the economic history of early modern Britain. This book describes about the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, tracing ...

The Many Lives of Andy Warhol is more than a biography: it's a look into Warhol's greatest creation: himself. Warhol was known as the king of pop a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ferdinand MountNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 23Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and innocent child, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, liberated woman and tragic loner. The Many Lives of Ma...

Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on math...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Tom RostonNumber of pages: 272Collection: Books About BooksPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 148 x 217 x 29Cover type: ...

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A fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane

Reducere. A thriller that will make you question reality from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It's hi...

An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the ...

A meticulously crafted, sparkling history of the legendary museum in Paris.

Cy Endfield (1914-1995) was a filmmaker who was also fascinated by the worlds of close-up magic, science, and invention. After directing several di...

DescriptionWhen Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86, he was the richest man in the world, known as 'Mr Five Per Cent' for his persona...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Mark EdlitzIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White ...

A meticulously crafted, sparkling history of the legendary museum in Paris.Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressAuthor(s): James (Author)...

Publisher: Historic New EnglandAuthor(s): Kirk F. MohneyIllustration(s): 498 illus. (446 colour)Number of pages: 198Publication date: 2012Dimension...

This novel-like tale of the life of, and legends surrounding, a remarkable Black celebrity and his ancestors and community, who engaged in a multig...

Explores the ways in which the British Religious Affairs Branch aimed to organise religious life in post-war Germany.

This book is one of the first to study the role of women in public and professional life from a regional point of view. It breaks new ground in con...

DescriptionMy Nine Lives is a powerful and stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era--an inspiring tale of courage, compas...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ruth ColkerIllustration(s): 1 tableNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 162 x ...

DescriptionWith a new epilogue updated from its hardcover edition titled Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infam...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Maria Paola (Professor ad interim of Political Theory and Philosophy and a member of the Normative...

Publisher: Astra Publishing HouseAuthor(s): Maya MacGregorNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 34Cover type: HardbackR...

Contributor(s): Author: James VernonThis wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the pres...

A superbly illustrated, innovative history of British art, seen from the perspective of the home.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Nicholas Troma...

Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Nikolaos ZahariadisIllustration(s): tables, figuresNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 1995...

Reducere. Winner of the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Socc...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Kate GuthrieIllustration(s): 14 music examples, 10 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 306Collect...